U.S. State Department: Clinton Ordered the Diplomats to Spy on UN
Worldwide, Daily news | ankakh | December 1, 2010 17:10
U.S. administration officials have assured that the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton never ordered his staff to spy on UN diplomats. This statement followed the publication in Time magazine founder utterances website WikiLeaks Julian Assange. He argued that Clinton forced the diplomats to carry out spy missions. On Wednesday told the U.S. broadcaster CNN. “Clinton should resign if it finds that it is responsible for the disposal of U.S. diplomats to engage in espionage in violation of UN conventions signed by the United States,” – said Assange.
Meanwhile, U.S. administration officials insist that U.S. diplomats have served as intelligence officers and did not do anything that would be beyond the scope of their official duties. “This is ridiculous and untrue” – said in Washington the U.S. State Department spokesman PJ Crowley. CNN said that among the documents, hit the Internet, allegedly contained the disposal of Hillary Clinton, in which U.S. diplomats were instructed to participate in gathering intelligence information. Crowley, for his part, said that diplomats were spies. “Diplomats are diplomats. And their job is to communicate with people, gather information, clarify the possibility of some events around the world and report on their findings, helping to inform our policy formation and action. They are not subordinate to intelligence “- he said.
A senior U.S. administration stated that U.S. intelligence refers to the State Department and other agencies of interest to her questions in international relations, “Interfax”.
“Intelligence officials are turning to us with all that interests them. This letter does not change anything and does not require the diplomats to do anything “- he said about the publication of the secret orders on behalf of Clinton.
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